#tbh i fast forwarded a lot kfkfkg because... yeah.

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so i just watched blonde (dw i 🏴‍☠️'d it out of principle) and yeah. ana de armas is brilliant but this shitshow is a waste of her talent. first of all it is SLOW. this guy thinks he's sergio leone but at least his films had something to say. marilyn has zero agency in this story, it's 3 hours of abuse abuse abuse, and it's genuinely hard to watch. there's a lot of tit in it but not in a cool european cinema kind of way where you sometimes see a tit because there happens to be a tit. no. it all feels super exploitative and unnecessary and contrived and porn-y and icky. a helpless and hapless womanchild like a deer caught in the headlights getting fucked over by assholes again and again with lots of closeups of doe eyes and areolas and the occasional breathy "oh daddy!" to feed the male gaze. the only good thing about this movie is that it doesn't even seem to claim to be a serious biopic? there's zero substance to the story beyond "marilyn was exploited by a patriarchal industry." and tbh the movie doesnt even make a statement against it??? it just... re-victimizes her. no perspective no reprocessing no commentary no message no actual storytelling. its her image for our pleasure. all over again. literally just 3 hours of "look what kind of shit she had to put up with! crazy right? alright, take it easy."

there are some beautiful shots in it though. the use of b/w and color is interesting... like. if you wanna put some lipstick on this pig lmao not that it matters. but yeah. andrew dominik is my new nemesis